Tag: fishing

Posted May 19, 2018 06:18:31 Photo: Platypus ecologist Joshua Griffiths examines animals that have drowned in opera house yabby nets. (Supplied: Douglas Gimesy) Opera house yabby nets believed to kill hundreds of platypuses each year will be pulled off Victorian store shelves, and dozens of online listings will disappear by …

Posted May 06, 2018 13:46:13 Two planes are scouring the seas off central Queensland for a crew member missing from a charter fishing boat. An Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Challenger jet and an Australian Border Force aircraft are searching for the man, believed to be aged in his 30s. …

Fisherman Troy Bickle captured video of a whale bumping into Ocean City fishing pier in Maryland while on a fishing trip on April 20. The whale can be seen swimming close to the pier and slightly bumping it before swimming away. Credit: Troy Bickle via Storyful Source link

By Rebecca Dollery Posted April 07, 2018 08:15:03 Video: Salmon frolicking off coast south of Perth (ABC News) Related Story:
Fishers, swimmers warned to stay out of the sea over water quality concerns Related Story:
WA is one of three places in the world bucking a warming trend — and …

Updated April 06, 2018 19:52:41 Photo: The outlet is about four kilometres off the coast. (Supplied: Water Corporation) The Water Corporation is warning people not to swim, dive, kayak or fish within one kilometre of a wastewater outlet off the coast of Cape Peron in Rockingham. Testing of water near …

Updated April 03, 2018 20:31:06 Photo: Samuel Roth was fishing at a popular spot at West Cape Howe near Albany. (ABC Local: Benjamin Gubana) Related Story:
‘Suicide Rock’ fishing deaths will continue, inquest is told The close-knit community of Albany in Western Australia is mourning the death of a 30-year-old …

Updated April 02, 2018 06:53:51 Video: Seismic surveys worry fishermen over marine life impacts (ABC News) After more than 40 years trawling the waters off Newcastle in NSW, fisherman Brett Bollinger has only pulled up nets of rotten dead fish on a few occasions. Each time coincided with seismic testing …